Bait-retaining attachment for fish-hooks.



J/W. RIFE.

BAIT RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR FISH HOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1915.

1,150,386. Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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BAIT-RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR FISH-HOOKS.

Application filed March 30, 1915.

To all whom it may comment Be it known that I, JACOB WILLIAM Hire, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bait-Re- .taining Attachments for Fish-Hooks, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fishing hooks and it has for its object the provision of a device made from a single piece of, metal and bent to such shape as to comprise the body of the hook proper, an eye to which the usual cat-- gut may be attached and a spring retaining finger normally tending to move toward the rear face ofthe-lower portion of the hook and to engage with the same adjacent the bottom thereof for the purpose of holding soft bait against displacement from the hook when the latter is being used for surf fish- 111 lhis device is likewise useful as a bait retaining device to prevent the too easy dislodgment of the bait from the hook by the fish.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows. g

In the accompanying drawing:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hook and bait retaining device constructed in accordance with the invention, and, Fig. 2 is a rear edge view thereof.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that the entire hook structure is formed of a single piece of material and is bent to comprise a shank 5 the bowed portion 6 and the barb 7 of a hook of usual formation.

At [the top the shank is bent rearwardly to form an eye ,8 and is then bent downwardly and forwardly to form a bowed portion 9 and the terminal hook end 10, which1terminal hook end engages the rear side of the hook proper at about the juncture of the shank 5 and the bowed portion 6 of the hook. The entire structure is formed of wire of such temper that theeye 8 constitutes a'spring element which normally tends to cause the hook 10 to move forwardly so Specification of Letters lPatent.

Patented Aug. 17 1915.

Serial No. 17,977.

that when this book is released from the rear side of the hook proper it springs forward out of the way, during the time that the bait is being placed upon said hook proper, after Which it is restored to the position illustrated in the drawing and at which time it engages the bait and prevents the accidental dislodgment thereof.

While the elements herein shown and de scribed are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but that it includes within its purview whatever is new that comes within the spirit of the ap pended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described made from a single piece of metal and bent to form a hook proper, comprising a shank and bowed portion, said metal being bent at the top of saidshank to form a resilient eye and being bent from said eye to form a downwardly extending element having a hooked terminal end which resiliently engages behind the body of the hook proper.

2. A device of the character described made from a single piece of metal and bent to form a hook proper, comprising a shank and bowed portion, said metal being bent at the top of said shank to form a resilient eye and being bent from said eye to form a downwardly extending element having a hooked terminal end which resiliently engages behind the body of the hook proper at about the juncture of the shank with the bowed portion of the hook.

3. A device of the character described made from a'single piece of metal and bent to form a hook proper, comprising a shank and bowed portion, said metal being bent at the top of said shank to form a resilient eye and being bent from said eye to form a- ,shank with the bowed portion of the hook.

4. A device of the character described made fronia single piece of metal and bent to form a hook proper, comprising a shank rear face of the shank and said hook engagand bowed portion then bent at the top of ing about said shank. 10 said shank to form a right angular resilient In testimony whereof I affix my signature eye and being then continued to form a forin presence of twowitnesses. wardly projecting resilient bowed portion JACOB WILLIAM RIFE.

and a terminal hook at the end of said Witnesses: bowed portion, the action of said eye tend- J. C. HIZAR,' ing' to cause said hook to move toward the V MCDONALD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents;

Washington, D. 0. 

